Month: November 2007
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Karl Fischer Speaks
The best part of the Real Deal’s interview with Karl Fischer is that the RealDeal itself locates Warehouse 11 at “Williamsburg’s former Roebling Oil Field”. Obviously, Gowanus Lounge‘s work here is done. And from Fischer himself, Roebling Square is “just a bunch of townhouses” (it isn’t – it isn’t even anything close to a bunch…
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Also Not Greenpoint
I know there are plenty of people out there who would claim most of the Northside as Greenpoint, but North 14th Street is in Williamsburg, not Greenpoint. Greenpoint starts north of the (erstwhile) Bushwick Creek/Inlet; the numbered streets (up to North 15th) were laid out as part of Williamsburg.
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Cracking Down on Bad Landlords
HPD is releasing its list of the city’s 200 worst buildings – those with the most chronic housing code violations and the most violations on a per unit basis over the past two years. Those landlords will have 4 months to make all heat and hot water repairs and at least 80% of other repairs…
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175 Kent Avenue
Via Brownstoner, a rendering of the future of 175 Kent (aka the former cement plant on Kent between North 3rd and North 4th). We are not impressed.
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Construction Accidents Fall
The Oberserver reported today that DOB fatalities and accidents resulting in injury are down for the year to date. That is good news, indeed (though as the Commissioner herself reminds us, one fatality is one too many). Before everyone declares victory, let’s keep in mind that the data sets are pretty small. Scaffold fatalities, for…
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DOB Uniforms
Evan Thies, in a News letter to the editor, isn’t happy about DOB’s new uniforms. While I agree that $385,000 is a bit much to pay for new uniforms (over $1,200 per uniformee), I’m not so sure the concept is as wrong-headed as Thies makes out. For one thing, anything that brings a greater sense…
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Art at Ladder 104
Ladder 104, on South 2nd Street, has a great new dining room table. Thanks in part to firefighter (and City Reliquary founder) Dave Herman.
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Carroll Gardens Rezoning
Carroll Gardens has been making a lot of noise about context recently, and it has certainly gotten the attention of BP Markowitz (and his putative successor, Bill DiBlasio). But Marty et al are little late to the party, and there is a pretty long line ahead of CG. That line includes the contextual rezoning of…
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Sneakers On A Wire
Via the Post, more speculation about sneakers on telephone wires. (NYShitty has been speculating on this of late, even posting on some uniquely Greenpoint adornments.) UPDATE: I guess the News isn’t the only daily trolling blogs for good stories – NYShitty posted last week on exactly the corner the Post wrote about today. (Oh, and…
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Anti-displacement funding
Via Greenpoint Star, word that the City has finally funded three local initiatives to fight displacement in north Brooklyn. The $2 million in funding was committed as part of the waterfront rezoning (two and a half years ago) in order to help lower-income tenants who are being forced out their apartments by development. The funding…